BY WILLIAM B. DEPASUPI, THE MANILA TIMES, JUL 3, 2017 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) aims to regularize around two million contractual workers by 2022 when the term of office of President Rodrigo Duterte ends.

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(The Philippine Star, Jul 2, 2017) MANILA, Philippines – An American real-estate company’s court-ordered raid of an online outsourcing company’s headquarters in the Philippines has yielded data linking the latter to an embattled classified advertising website accused of engaging in human trafficking and prostitution, an exclusive story by NBC News has reported.

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An old virus’ new victims: HIV is now infecting the youth faster than any other age group, due in part, to technology and unsafe sex BY NATASHYA GUTIERREZ, Rappler, Jul 1, 2017 ILOILO CITY, Philippines – It all started with a simple Facebook message. “Hi, how are you? Where are you from?” began the conversation.…

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BY JOMAR CANLAS, TMT, Manila Times, July 1, 2017 The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday welcomed the US State Department’s report citing the Philippines’ efforts to stop human trafficking, and vowed to strengthen measures against “modern-day slavery.”

June 30, 2017 / Dan DiMaggio One big issue in May’s three-day strike by 38,000 AT&T workers was the company’s offshoring of jobs. To shine a spotlight on the issue and strengthen international solidarity, a group of union members visited the Dominican Republic a couple of weeks before the strike to meet the call center…

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by Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan/PNA), Jun 30, 2017 MANILA, June 30 — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Friday urged Inter Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to continues intensify the campaign against the human trafficking in the country. Aguirre made the statement after the Philippines remained in Tier 1 ranking in a new United States…

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June 30, 2017 Isang pahinante ng 14 wheeler truck ang aksidenteng naatrasan sa may BioMix PutingBuhangin Orion, Bataan. Natanggap ng Orion Rescue ang tawag ganap na 7:44am, ang biktima nasa 22 taong gulang, mula sa Pampanga ay inabutang nakapilipit ang katawan, labas ang bituka, may bali sa balakang. Agad isinakay ng ambulansiya habang sinusubukang i-revive…

By The Nation, Jun 30, 2017 THE JOINT Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) will soon ask the government to hold the third round to register nearly 3 million illegal foreign workers in the country, said Thai Frozen Foods Association president Poj Aramwattananont.

by Gregory Filiano, Jun 29, 2017 Ageing should be based on the number of years people are likely to live in a given country in the 21st century, say researchers. By that logic, 70 may be the new 60. The new study also predicts an end to population aging in the United States and other…

By Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), Jun 29, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The information technology and business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry has expressed strong opposition to the government’s planned removal of its incentives, saying such move will not only put its competitiveness in peril, but will also derail its rosy growth trajectory.

Over 180,000 workers awaiting regularization By Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Jun 29, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Over 180,000 contractual workers nationwide are still waiting for regularization almost a year after the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) launched an intensified campaign against the endo (end of contract) scheme.

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‘The latest data on HIV… is terrifying. The victims are getting younger.’ by Shannon Power, Jun 29, 2017 Millennials living in the Philippines are the most likely to receive a positive HIV diagnosis. Monthly figures from April show there were 629 new notifications of HIV in the Philippines. More than half of those people were…

International Justice Mission says abuse comes in many forms, with children’s parents even sometimes involved in their own exploitation by Patty Pasion, Rappler, Jun 29, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – Eight in 10 victims rescued from online sexual exploitation are minors, with some of them as young as two months old, said International Justice Mission (IJM).

By: Ericka Lynn Nava, INQUIRER.net U.S. Bureau, Jun 29, 2017 “To c Jose (not his real name) da, iya eon ako sa Singapore owas ka text ka ina naobosan ako it load “Donato”– this message, sent on September 15, 2010, was the last message that Jun (not his real name) received from his brother, Jose,…

Businessworld, Jun 29, 2017 THE PHILIPPINES ranked high in terms of enforcement against human trafficking, according to a report on this global phenomenon newly released by the US State Department.

by Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service, Jun 28, 2017 Labor unions that protect and defend the dignity of work and the rights of workers continue to have an essential role in society, especially in promoting inclusion, Pope Francis said.

By Gerardo P. Sicat (The Philippine Star), Jun 28, 2017 The Philippine balance of payments is healthy. But in recent months, there have been signs of weakening. Fundamentally sound but altered balance of payments picture. The reason for this reversal come from different sources. Structural reasons mainly account for those features of the balance of…

by Sanjiv Rai, Jun 28, 2017 The Fourth Industrial Revolution is unfolding at a time when human mobility is increasing and, in many instances, becoming more precarious. Last year, the world saw 250 million international migrants, only 21 million of whom qualified as refugees under the UN Refugee Convention. Within countries, the rate of internal…

BAP, GMA News, Jun 28, 2017 The latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report of the US State Department shows the Philippines with a Tier 1 ranking for the second time in a row.

by Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral, Businessworld, Jun 28, 2017 THE PHILIPPINES will no longer extend the temporary use of quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice which will expire by end-June, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Tuesday.

By Rene E. Ofrene, Businessmirror, Jun 28, 2017 The “war for talents” refers to the fiercely competitive environment in the recruitment and retention of talented and highly-skilled employees.

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BY ATTY. DODO DULAY, Manila Times, Jun 27, 2017 ONE of the more common “request for assistance” (RA) that the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) receives on a daily basis is a plea from a parent, sibling or relative to bring home (or repatriate) an overseas Filipino worker (OFW). Sometimes, it is our kabayan OFWs…

INQUIRER.net, Jun 27, 2017 Scientists have often warned us about the potential health hazards of night-shift work, and this recent study may just be the most alarming one yet.